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Alphonse Lemonnier, full name Hippolyte Alphonse Lemonnier, (20 August 1842 – 16 July 1907) was a 19th-century French journalist, novelist, chansonnier and playwright.




Biography


Lemonnier was born in Paris, 6me arrondissement.
He made his comedian debut at the Cirque-Olympique before he became theatrical columnist for many newspapers.
The founder of the Moniteur des théâtres et des plaisirs (1869), the Parisien illustré (1867) and La Vie thermale (1867), he was the publication director of the Paris-mondain (1880-1881) and Colombine (1894-1895) periodics.
Stage manager of the Théâtre des Variétés, then successively director of the Théâtre des Délassements-Comiques, the Théâtre du Château-d'eau and the Théâtre Déjazet, he later was managing director of the Alhambra and the Comédie-Mondaine (1906) in Brussels.
His plays were presented on the most important Parisian stages of his time, including the Théâtre Déjazet, the Théâtre de la Gaîté and the Théâtre des Folies-Dramatiques.
He died in Brussels, 16 July 1907, and was buried in the Paris Batignoles cemetery on 20 July 1907.




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Le Théâtre, revue, vol.10, partie 2, 1907, (p. 88) (obituary)
Le Ménestrel: journal de musique, 1907, (p. 232) (obituary)
Henry Lyonnet, Dictionnaire des comédiens français, 1911, (p. 190)
Guy Dumur, Histoire des spectacles, 1965, (p. 1867)

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